Records show that lager beer was first brewed
by Bavarian monks during the fifteenth century
and could only be brewed in the winter months.
Large-scale production of pilsner lager beer
did not begin until 1840 in Munich and Vienna.
Lagers, and beers in general, were relatively
dark in color because of the alkaline nature
of the waters in the brewing centers of the
world - Dublin, London, Burton-on-Trent,
and Munich - and also because it was not
possible to produce a malt of both pale color
and full flavor.
That situation changed in 1842. A brewery
was built in Pilsen ( in Czechoslovakia)
to produce traditional, dark Bavarian-style
lagers. The water of Pilsen proved to be
too soft and too lacking in alkalinity to
produce a good dark beer. However, advancements
in the science of malting at that time allowed
for the production of well-kilned, flavorful
malt of low color. This, coupled with Pilsen's
extremely soft water, allowed brewers in
Pilsen to create a new beer style. Beer from
Pilsen proved to be so popular that it was
exported to Vienna in 1856, to Paris and
London in 1862, and even to America in 1873.
Pilsner beer was soon copied by breweries
around the world. In fact, Budweiser and
Michelob are named for cities in Czechoslovakia
known for good beer.
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